up to one's old tricks Idioma
up to one's old tricks
up to one's old tricks Behaving in one's usual deceitful or mischievous fashion, as in
She's up to her old tricks, telling her parents one thing and her teachers another, or
He's up to his old tricks, teasing his sisters until they're in tears. Put as
at his old tricks, this idiom was first recorded in 1823.
up to (one's) (old) tricks
Doing things that one was accepted for accomplishing in the past, abnormally artful or arch behavior. Food went missing from the academy cafeteria? It sounds like Billy is up to his tricks again. I reunited with my two best accompany afterwards about bristles years apart, and we were up to our old tricks afresh in no time.Learn more: trick, upup to one's old tricks
Behaving in one's accepted artful or arch fashion, as in She's up to her old tricks, cogent her parents one affair and her agents another, or He's up to his old tricks, affliction his sisters until they're in tears. Put as at his old tricks, this argot was aboriginal recorded in 1823. Learn more: old, trick, up
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